Peloponnese

The Peloponnese is a peninsula and geographic region in southern Greece, with Patras serving as its capital. The peninsula is separated from central Greece by the Isthmus and Gulf of Corinth, and the peninsula was known as Morea during the late Middle Ages and Ottoman era. Major cities in the Peloponnese include Patras, Kalamata, Corinth, Tripoli, Argos, Pyrgos, Aigio, Sparta, and Nafplio. In 2011, the Peloponnese had a population of 1,100,071 people.